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FILE NAME Ford FD DATE 0000 DOC FD003 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo - Trip to Ford Motor Company Plant om tae imaging imaging Cantar eer; A. '. Smith ' HSC ml. . Jamin co Els, Pemnmear - RKC 4 T3P TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY FLAen FLAen USING BUT SHIDIENTA OF GHOUT 7 PINKA 333-900 dea to n^verse publicity about the health bas^,rde of agbon ELG studyis Liber Ford Motor Company had bron studying studyisi studyisi studyisi ib to be seed to replace arbestos fiber Unsuccessful Unsuccessful studyisi studyisi studyisi fioir search for a substitute they asked for help to reduce the alar barne enscentrations of asbestos fibar in the plent Group 1 Radeston plant Sy mens and blowTh to one fiber is brought in hopper bottom oare to the of pressure air the material in fluidized of two bine in which it is stored On top of the bibs are Flaz Kleen bag oollectors the Periodically fiber is drawn from one of ble the weigh belt Fiber drops off weigh valve and through the valve into a pipe bins and fed across into a rotary which it is transported Flakxiadndelle^'sor weighing under positive pressure to a uniqhing reciver is rented to a Flak feceiver above a miser Tm xiadndel e^'sor xiadndelle^'sor botches are made up in the mixer into which numerous materi^ln including the weighed amounts asbestos fiber are charged A man maten up deficient weights of asbestos fiber into the mixer 7 band After the miner there is probably no health hazard came the sixture fa sted and does not dust agar!down exist later on in the prodosse after the nistazo veer Alarged into presses and cured Pieces from the preEGER fina ing cleaned off by hand and are drilled in jigs Both y.. asical procensen generate borne dust a 10 ' t 2 st and Nathods of Control . a acteaton filer is blown into the bins the bins are undar oak resture because the Kleen dust collectors venting Lo slave 30 A There are openings in the top of the bina . : antroln savo been removed , Filia the plant When the bine are being changed All lake in the tops of the bine should be repaired A fan t, should be added to the Kleen dust collector so that the air is vented under pressure through that collector negative That system must be studied to ensure that there is adequate pressure cloth area in the Kleen collector to permit negative to be maintained in the bin poslan poslanreplaced leaktight COBASO Tau The piping to the bina homemade that look to be homemade Thenu all split sleeve como i10ML^ ~5 Ag haL Sotaten leak Aust Lats the cise, with _' couplings quick expect work . that are standard in pneumatic oonteying An parpore / the' The weigh " does not seed to to my umarul Pibe to wighed both on this belt and in the requirar receiver weighing should be made proof and the migh ait removed Aust balon The weigh belt in difficult to enclose and generatan 11 L^u blew The rotary wi > leaks and the pipe under positive pressure dust into the enclosure under the bin A study should be made to . cea whether the conraying system from the bin to the receiver #bould | bo nada negative If it be bin to the receiver should can't the conveying system from the made completely leaktight # ae the receive above When we were there the Klemn collectors wore leaking probablduye to holes in the bags transported dust was slowing into the plant as fiber was being transported The baya in the Kleen collector must be kept in perfect repair the system is not made negative then a fan should be installed =~ - to keep at least the receiver under negative pressure Plat. on Hettling Who Just oontral consnctionon the mixer itself is poor | chambers should be ahead of the dust connection so installed it does not take away too much material when it is adequately wanting the mixer that i oa =... . sin ae weighing process should be improved to the point where a aan (4a ot have to add asbestos fiber by hand into the mixer Onedl : t is done the open bage of fiber should be installed in advise 2 ening hood very similar to those designed for advise eS tarts. ony scooping of fiber shouldbe done under that hood * pl twat. ' couran la adequately vinted so that 150 the hhoood od tiate tiate fice velocity is maintained maintained in the fame of the | charged clean npty bays of filar should be from the hood into a qsouch as it is done in Manville planta cared cared Tha accepted standards standards oshf ouli cdor nsiul llpreciso. ve . thin xagerts accepted practi in practi are followed in this report , re If recommendations seed followed followed outlined any would would be then hatitates hatitates authestes fiber hatitates or aperabivns 4h this frun the description apparent Johns Manville rt report readilthyat description operation in this Asbestos fiber would some of that customers that has been Asbestos plants plants over know how | . , ae 7 aig J. Engineering to Engineering ook. the Flex fiber is blown for SEMOTD^ as badly therethere is oon chamber chamber on the possible . the bin as poseidis.